Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson : oral history transcript : over one hundred years of service to San Francisco in medicine, music and art / 1998

318 Pages·1998·9.3 MB·English

by  Shenson, A. Jess. ive

University of California Berkeley

Regional Oral History Office California Historical Society
The Bancroft Library San Francisco, California
University of California
Berkeley, California
California Historical Society Oral History Series
A. Jess Shenson, M.D.
DRS. BEN AND A. JESS SHENSON: OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE
TO SAN FRANCISCO IN MEDICINE, MUSIC, AND ART
With Introductions by
Eugene A. Bauer, M.D.
Michael McCone
Nancy Bechtle
Reid Dennis
Interviews Conducted by
Caroline Crawford
in 1997
Copyright 1998 by the California Historical Society and
The Regents of the University of California
Since 1954 the Regional Oral History Office has been interviewing leading
participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of
Northern California, the West, and the Nation. Oral history is a method of
collecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a
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between the California Historical Society, The Regents of the
University of California, and Dr. A. Jess Shenson dated March 5,
1998. The manuscript is thereby made available for research
purposes. All literary rights in the manuscript, including the
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It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows:
A. Jess Shenson, M.D., "Drs. Ben and A.
Jess Shenson: Over One Hundred Years of
Service to San Francisco in Medicine,
Music, and Art," an oral history conducted
in 1997 by Caroline Cooley Crawford,
Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft
Library, University of California,
Berkeley, 1998.
Copy no.
Drs. A. Jess and Ben Shenson in 1995,